Stocking and the art of knitting the same



K0 Model.)

W. Egl'Y. STOCKING AND THE ART OF KNITTIQTG THE SAME. No. 291,173. I Patented Jan. '1,. 1884.

25 scribed hereinafter.

UNITED STATES PA vFlilcE? \VlhLIAM ESTY, OF LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHTRE.

STOCKING AND THE ARTOF KNITTING THE SAME. I

sPncr-nIcA'rzoN forming part-of Letters Patent 1%. saints, dated January 1, late.

\ Application filed December 5,1852. (X model.)

In all whom it may concern: 4 The operator knits from the point A around Be it known that I, \VILLIAM-Es'rY, of Lapast B to the point opposite A on the oppoconic, in the county of Belknap and State of site side of the stocking, and then drops two New Hampshire, have invented certain new" more. needles -n ne on each side-leariug one 7 hundred and sixteen needles up. The oper- Art of Knitting the Same; and I do hereby ator knits out and back, as before, and again enable others skilled in the art to which it per fifteen needles left in operation. This knits IO tains to make and use it, refcrencebeing had I the stockingdown to the point C, completing to the accompanyingdrawings, which form the portion within the lines B A C. The op part of this specification. I erator non begins to bring into action two My invention relates to stockings; and it needles upon each side, and to knit back and consists, first, 1n the process of knitting a heel I forth until the point D is reached. Then the and stocking-foot, consis ing in throwing out needles are thrown out of actiontwo at a of action on top of the foot two of the needles tl Ill 1l1]ti1 the pointEis-reaehed, completing upon each side at a time,I'-thcn forming the the portion within the lines 0 D This 7 heel by first throwi 11;; two needles upon each i canscsthc heel to be knitat anangle both t then throwing two needles upon each side into 1 the stockingis placed upon the foot no hunch or the foot and the leg, as will be more fully dc- I i The object of my invention isto knit a foot I I at right angles to the leg, so as to prevent the I back, and so on until the pointA is reached, necessity ofstrctching the stocking into shape,

by means of forminghoards orother appli i when the top of thcfcotPis crossed. The

3o onces, and t0 glve th h l such a ha e th t result is that the foot 1 is knit at'rightangles it will conform to the shape of the foot, and to the leg 0, and does not need to be stretched thus p event a bunch from being formed at l on thestocking-board to be pressed into shape.

the heel when the sto kin is b o The foot is finished in the usual manner The accompanying drawing represents a \Vhexn stockings are knit in the usual way,

side clevntion'ofa stocking embodying my in- I the top oi the edge of the foot is in a ention.

In knitting niy stocking any flat or round I of the g, and t y then l' to be Pregsea machine now in use in which the needles can n ape, and have the, appearance of being be thrown .in and out of action may beemkn 4o loyed, The manger of th wing the dle method herenrdcscribed the foot is knit at in and out of action, as referred to hereinafler, right angles to the leg and does not need treat is fully shown and described in the patent to ment afterward to give it the desi red shape;

meSeptember20,188l,-and bearingNo'.2i7, .l2"u The heel portion is that part which is eonr The leg 0 having been knit in the usual manprised within the lines 0 D I], and which, as

leg is reached where the heel and foot are to of action and lrnit as many crosses as there are begin. After the small part of the leg has stitches in the stocking-foot, which are about I one hundred and tnjenty, and this of course (1188 are thrown out of action on top of the makes about ninety degrees or onefonrth of I a circle from the top of the stocking.

Where other stockings are shaped to fit the io action again, for-the purpose of knitting the foot after they are knit, my stockings are made foot at right angles, substantially as set forth.

' to fit the foot while being knit. l 2. A stocking having that portionof itsheel 15 Having thus described my invention, I which is comprised between the-lines O D E 5 c1 ain1 knit at an angle both to the footand the leg,

1. The process herein described of knitting substantially as specified. a heel and stocking, consisting in throwing out In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in of action on top of the foot two of the needles presence of two witnesses.

upon each side at a time, and then forming the VILLIAM ESTY. :0 heel by first throwing two needles upon each Viincsses: l

side into action and then out of action, and E. J. DINSMORE,

then throwing two needles up n each side i n l). S. DINSMORE. 

